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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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    20, 30, and 40 Butterflies

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    March 15, 2005

    This past weekend, Rae and I attended two screenings at the annual Asian American Film Festival. On Saturday, we watched (along with Kai, Bryan, and Flora) 20, 30, 40, a film about three women in their — you guessed it — 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s and the hardships they face…

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  • Journal, Musings

    Metro

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    March 10, 2005

    10 years ago, I was studying in France when a large-scale transportation strike fell over the country for several weeks. It appears that they’re at it again with another strike. In 1995, the métro, SCNF, and bus lines were all severely impacted, causing the entire city to take to cars,…

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    30 via 20

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    March 9, 2005

    30 years old today. This age was not even remotely fathomable to me back in 1985 as I sat thinking about being 18 in front of my family’s Apple II computer. 8 years was long enough, but 20 years?!? Time to rewind the wayback machine to 10 years ago. Some…

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    Noise Ninja and COBA

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    March 8, 2005

    COBA members will be getting a treat tomorrow during the March, 2005, meeting. As a followup to our noise reduction presentation from last year, I’ve secured a volume discount on the highly-rated and popular Noise Ninja. I’ve used a number of noise reduction products in the past, and Noise Ninja…

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    March 2005 COBA Announcement

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    March 3, 2005

    Apologies for getting the meeting announcement for next week’s COBA meeting out so late! I’ve been swamped by work, and I’m dreading the 9th — it’ll be my 30th birthday! The March 2005 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area user group will be held on Wednesday, March…

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  • Musings

    Yoda/Tatooine/Flintstones House

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    March 1, 2005

    The Wave Magazine has an article on that funky looking house along Highway 280 that I’ve always dubbed as the Tatooine house. Rae calls it the Yoda house, and Wave Magazine labels it as the Flintstones house. The article is a good read for anyone who’s ever passed by that…

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  • Photography, Reviews

    EF Lens Work III

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    February 28, 2005

    EF Lens Work III: The Eyes of EOS details the history and technology behind Canon’s EF lenses. Suitable for displaying on your coffee table, the book begins with several large, double-page spread images to whet your appetite and encourage you to clear out your checking account.

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  • Musings, Photography

    Canon EF Lenses

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    February 24, 2005

    I’ve been wondering lately what would it be like to own Canon’s entire lens collection for the EOS camera system? In any given photography situation, there’s at least one ideal lens for the job. Most photographers, however, don’t have Canon’s entire arsenal at their disposal — usually, they pull out…

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  • Photography, Technology

    iPod photo Connector

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    February 23, 2005

    New iPods were released today. The iPod mini lineup was updated with new colors, longer battery life, and 4/6GB storage capacity. The iPod photo lineup now consists of 30GB and 60GB models. Most notable is the optional $29 iPod photo Connector. Apparently, this will allow direct image transfer from a…

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    Einstein at SNUG

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    February 22, 2005

    We had a small group at the Stanford Newton User Group meeting tonight, with only Flash, Peter, Dave, and myself in attendance. I demoed the impressive Einstein Newton Emulator on my G4 PowerBook. Paul has been doing some optimizations on the emulator and has it running a bit faster than…

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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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